snoop around + place
snoop 作动词时是不及物动词,接地点时用 snoop around,后面不直接跟宾语。
The neighbors were snooping around our yard.
邻居们在我们院子里四处窥探。
窥探的行为;打听。;窥探者;打听者。;窥视行为
a person who pries into others' private affairs without being asked
指人,不指窥视行为
窥探的行为;打听。
The act of snooping.
窥探者;打听者。
One who snoops.
私家侦探。
A private detective.
My neighbor is such a snoop; she always peeks through the curtains to see who is visiting us.
我的邻居真是个爱管闲事的人;她总是透过窗帘偷看谁来拜访我们。
用法提示:snoop 作名词,指爱管闲事、喜欢窥探他人隐私的人。
The new intern turned out to be a snoop, reading emails that were not addressed to her.
那个新来的实习生原来是个爱管闲事的人,专看不是写给她的邮件。
用法提示:snoop 作名词,表示爱偷看别人私事的人。
Don't be such a snoop — why are you asking about my salary?
别这么爱管闲事——你为什么打听我的薪水?
用法提示:snoop 作名词,在口语中用来称呼爱打听别人私事的人。
snoop 作动词时是不及物动词,接地点时用 snoop around,后面不直接跟宾语。
The neighbors were snooping around our yard.
邻居们在我们院子里四处窥探。
snoop on 后接被窥探的人或事物;动词变化为 snoop – snoops – snooped – snooping。
She snooped on her colleague's emails.
她偷偷查看了同事的电子邮件。
snoop 作名词时,常与 have 搭配表示“窥探一番”,多见于口语。
I had a snoop around the office while everyone was at lunch.
趁大家吃午饭时,我在办公室里四处窥探了一番。
snoop 作可数名词可指“爱管闲事的人”,复数形式是 snoops。
He's such a snoop; he always reads our messages.
他真是个爱管闲事的人,总看我们的消息。
强调好打听并传播他人私事,含贬义;比 snoop 正式,且仅指人。
侧重插手干预他人事务,不一定靠偷看;语气比 snoop 更主动干预。
指爱议论别人私事的人,重在传播而非窥探,贬义强,常做可数名词。
专指偷偷观察他人私密行为的人,语义比 snoop 窄,含强烈贬义。
grammar · medium
易错句子She snooped my phone while I was in the shower.
正确表达She snooped through my phone while I was in the shower.
snoop 是不及物动词,不能直接接宾语;表示“翻看/窥探”某物时用 snoop through,因此要在 phone 前加上 through。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is such a snoopy; he always reads other people's messages.
正确表达He is such a snoop; he always reads other people's messages.
snoopy 是形容词,意为“爱窥探的”,不能放在 such a 后作名词;表示“爱管闲事的人”应用名词 snoop。
pry侧重用不正当或过分好奇的方式打听隐私,常与into连用;snoop则更强调暗中悄悄查看。
peep指快速或偷偷地看一眼,往往不持久或不做深入调查;snoop带有持续调查、翻找的意味。
snooze与snoop仅拼写和发音相近,但意思完全不同:snooze是打盹,snoop是窥探。
四处窥探;到处打听
The reporter snooped around the neighborhood for information.
记者在社区四处打听消息。
窥探;过问
He doesn't like people snooping into his personal life.
他不喜欢别人窥探他的私生活。
监视;窥探
The detective snooped on the suspect for days.
侦探监视嫌疑人好几天了。
翻看;乱翻
She snooped through his drawers while he was away.
他不在时,她翻看了他的抽屉。
爱管闲事的人
My neighbor is a snoop who always watches us from the window.
我的邻居是个爱管闲事的人,总是从窗户看着我们。
窥探行为的核心是侵犯他人的隐私。
窥探与监视都涉及暗中观察他人。
窥探常常源于对某人的怀疑。
窥探者往往想获取机密信息。
窥探的目的常是发现隐藏的事物。
四处窥探;暗中调查
The reporter snooped around the politician's office to find evidence.
记者在政客办公室四处窥探以寻找证据。
暗中监视某人;偷看某人
He was caught snooping on his neighbor's computer.
他被抓到偷看邻居的电脑。
翻看;窥视(某人的东西)
Don't snoop through my drawers without permission.
未经允许不要翻看我的抽屉。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.